The Tempter's Voice : Language and the Fall in Medieval Literature /
Among the works Jager discusses are texts by Ambrose, Augustine, the early Christian poet Avitus, and scholastic authors; Old English biblical epics; Middle English spiritual writings; French courtesy books; and the poetry of Dante and Chaucer. Examples from the visual arts are included as well. Jag...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
1993.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The school of Paradise
- The genesis of hermeneutics
- The Garden of eloquence
- The Old English epic of the Fall
- The seducer and the daughter of Eve
- The carnal letter in Chaucer's earthly paradise
- Signs of the Fall: from the Middle Ages to Postmodernism.